Artists · Billboard Hot 100

Bette Midler

Charting Dec 23, 1972 → Jan 25, 1992 · 204 weeks with chart power

Charted in 2 of 2 markets — Billboard Hot 100 204 wk, UK Singles Chart 29 wk

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Billboard Hot 100 · 204 wk UK Singles Chart · 29 wk Global Music Power · 216 wk

Peak Power: 2.34%; week of Jan 26, 1991
Career Power: 216; share-weeks
Crowns: 0; weeks crowned Artist of the Week

Peak Year: 55; February 1980 – January 1981
Peak Five Years: 90; February 1987 – January 1992
Top-five weeks: 15; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 204; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 3.57%; week of Jun 10, 1989
Comebacks: 3; May 1980, after 6 quiet years · May 1989, after 9 quiet years · Nov 1990

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the chart's own positions. How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Songs on the Billboard Hot 100

17 records · 216 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each song earned this artist: their weekly Power Share, split across their songs (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Record Power is the song's own figure, the same for every artist on it. Bar length compares songs within this list.

Song	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Record Power
From A DistanceApple Music	#2December 1990	26	October 1990 – March 1991	46.9	46.2
The RoseApple Music	#3June 1980	25	March 1980 – September 1980	42.5	42.0
Wind Beneath My Wings (From "Beaches")Apple Music	#1June 1989	29	March 1989 – September 1989	40.3	39.8
Boogie Woogie Bugle BoyApple Music	#8July 1973	16	May 1973 – August 1973	23.1	23.0
Do You Want To Dance?Apple Music	#17March 1973	16	December 1972 – April 1973	19.9	19.9
My Mother's EyesApple Music	#39January 1981	13	November 1980 – February 1981	7.6	7.4
When A Man Loves A WomanApple Music	#35March 1980	10	January 1980 – March 1980	6.7	6.6
Friends/chapel Of LoveApple Music	#40November 1973	10	September 1973 – December 1973	6.3	6.3
You're Movin' Out Today	#42June 1977	14	April 1977 – July 1977	5.7	5.7
Married MenApple Music	#40July 1979	9	June 1979 – July 1979	4.9	4.8
In The MoodApple Music	#51February 1974	7	January 1974 – March 1974	3.3	3.3
Storybook Children (Daybreak)Apple Music	#57March 1978	10	January 1978 – March 1978	2.9	2.9
Beast Of BurdenApple Music	#71March 1984	6	February 1984 – March 1984	1.4	1.3
Night And DayApple Music	#62February 1991	7	January 1991 – March 1991	1.3	2.0
Every Road Leads Back To YouApple Music	#78January 1992	6	December 1991 – January 1992	1.3	1.3
All I Need To KnowApple Music	#77September 1983	4	September 1983 – September 1983	0.8	0.8
Favorite Waste Of TimeApple Music	#78November 1983	4	October 1983 – November 1983	0.8	0.8

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At their peak

1980 in music →

Bette Midler's best twelve months on the Billboard Hot 100 ran from February 1980 to January 1981. The most powerful artists over those weeks:

Ranked by Era Power over the same weeks.

Their decades: the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s.